Evaluation of aortic atherosclerosis by transoesophageal echography: Prognostic implications;Evaluation de l'atherosclerose aortique par echocardiographie transoesophagienne

Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux

Volumn 90, Issue SPEC. ISS. 2, 1997, Pages 11-23

  Cohen, A ^a   Tzourio, C ^a   Amarenco, P ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; PROGNOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AGED; AORTA DISEASE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THORACIC AORTA; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030971126     PISSN: 00039683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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